According to a feature story, "Rebirth of the Pixies", in Spin (Sept. 2004), Frank Black a/k/a Charles Thompson was seeing a gal named Jean Walsh who, though playing word games, and her love for "hard b0iled '40s movie dialogue", inspired him to write these songs about her--"Subbacultcha" a good example. I was glad to know what was behind that twisty l'il wordplay anyway--I was on an email list around the late '90s for info on upcoming shows, new albums, etc. by players who emerged from that vital late '80s Boston indie scene: Frank Black and the Catholics, the Breeders (Kim & Kelly Deal), former members of Throwing Muses (Tanya Donnelly, Kristin Hersh), et. al. and the list was called "Subbacultcha", which I thought was the best name for what these artists were up to at the time doing other projects. Then like all interesting lists, it died out in short measure, LOL.
According to a feature story, "Rebirth of the Pixies", in Spin (Sept. 2004), Frank Black a/k/a Charles Thompson was seeing a gal named Jean Walsh who, though playing word games, and her love for "hard b0iled '40s movie dialogue", inspired him to write these songs about her--"Subbacultcha" a good example. I was glad to know what was behind that twisty l'il wordplay anyway--I was on an email list around the late '90s for info on upcoming shows, new albums, etc. by players who emerged from that vital late '80s Boston indie scene: Frank Black and the Catholics, the Breeders (Kim & Kelly Deal), former members of Throwing Muses (Tanya Donnelly, Kristin Hersh), et. al. and the list was called "Subbacultcha", which I thought was the best name for what these artists were up to at the time doing other projects. Then like all interesting lists, it died out in short measure, LOL.